Re: Re: Introductions

Diana,
Thank you for the introduction.  I am very interested in appreciative inquiry also.  I like the focus on abundance and what's right instead of defects and what's wrong. Traditional problem solving is useful, and AI is a refreshing addition.

I'm with you on the f2f meetings/collaborations may happen from time to time. I'd like that too.

Wayne.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: DianaLarsen 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 12:09 PM
  Subject: [resistance] Re: Introductions


  Finally, I find the time, space, energy all at once to answer the
  first question. :-) 

  --- In [email protected], Dale Emery
  <dale@d...> wrote:
  > As a way to start the conversation, I invite all of you to 
  > introduce yourselves.  One way to do that is to answer The Three 
  > Questions (which I learned from one of this group's members):
  > 
  > 1. How did you come to be here?

  a) Like many others, I came from another list or series of lists, in
  my lineage xpworkshop begat xpportland begat industrialxp begat the
  project management group I can't remember the name of (clearly not
  THERE anymore) begat agileprojectmanagerment begat
  resistance-as-a-resource. 
  b) However, why any of these? An interest/career in organizational
  change practices/processes that collided with an affiliation/rapport
  in working with software groups and XP/Agile folks in particular. 
  c) Appreciative Inquiry, my default(though not exclusive) working
  approach, takes a non-traditional view of resistance as finding value
  in that which is...which makes it a resource in any change effort. I
  want to learn more about how to work with this dynamic. 
  d) And, since I've been using his "temperature check" description for
  some time, a curiosity about Dale Emery. ;-) 

  > 
  > 2. How do you feel about being here?

  Curious/overwhelmed/hopeful. I am fascinated by change processes in
  general and, as above, by resistance in specific, so I'm curious about
  what this list may uncover. I am overwhelmed and feeling a bit
  inadequate at the thought of another listserv to read and engage. I am
  hopeful that I will be able to contribute something of value. 
  > 
  > 3. What would you like to have happen here?

  a) Lively discussions about resistance we encounter in ourselves and
  others, including the resistance of organizations to process consulting 
  b) Linkages with other folks who have experiences to share such that
  f2f meetings/collaborations may happen from time to time. I can't help
  it, in Jungian terms, I'm incurable in relying on EF. (Does everyone
  know about the Singer-Loomis? http://movingboundaries.com/ ) 
  c) Resource sharing (e.g., see above) 

  > And one more question:  What else would you like us to know about 
  > you?

  I'll be at several XP/Agile conferences over the next months and hope
  discussions at those events will arise out of this group. 
  Live in Portland, OR. Travel some. I have successfully resisted
  writing this introduction for several weeks now. ;-) 

  Diana

  Diana Larsen
  Industrial Logic & FutureWorks Consulting, LLC
  www.industriallogic.com
  www.futureworksconsulting.com

  "Asking the proper question is the central act of transformation."
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